PLANETARY FACTS
RICH EXPERIENCES
ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
SCIENCE & NATURE
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This planet's rings are arranged into 7 main groups, A-G
Saturn
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For $250,000, Luxus films will create a 10-15 minute one of these starring you--no word on if the laugh track is included
A sitcom
400
NIMBY is an acronym for "not" here
In my backyard
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These 3 primary types of nuclear radiation are identified by Greek letters
Alpha, Beta, Gamma
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Seems counterintuitive, but the Earth is farthest from the sun during this month
July
800
DAILY DOUBLE!
Its polar caps, which are believed to be carbon dioxide ice & water ice, grow in the winter & shrink in the summer
800
For $25,000, you can live like James Bond for 2 months in a spy experience simulating this British agency
MI6
800
The middle letter in the acronym for the 1994 trade pact between the U.S., Canada & Mexico stands for this word
Free
800
A moderator of neutrons in nuclear power plants, deuterium oxide is also known by this "weighty" term
Heavy water
800
DAILY DOUBLE!
Evolutionary term for changes in behavior & /or physiology of an organism to become suited to a new environment
1200
Its magnetic field has been called the biggest thing in the solar system
Jupiter
1200
Due for this? Rossano Ferretti will give you one for $1,500 using his patented texturizing scissors
A haircut
1200
The "D" in DC Comics refers to this profession
Detective
1200
In 1940 this Italian-born physicist began his efforts to set up a nuclear reactor at Columbia University
Enrico Fermi
1200
This hardest tissue in the body covers the crown of a tooth in mammals
Enamel
1600
Partly due to its having the most elliptical orbit, it varies from -300 to 845 degrees at the surface
Mercury
1600
Florida's St. Regis Resort is offering the world's priciest this French cookie at $10,000--it does come with a crystal box
A macaron
1600
2 chambers of the heart quiver instead of beating properly in the condition called "AF", standing for this
Atrial fibrillation
1600
The strong force binds these subatomic particles into protons & neutrons
Quarks
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Iron is Fe, not Ir, which belongs to this metallic element impervious to almost all acids
Iridium
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It was the first one identified as a planet by mathematical calculations, not by observation
Neptune
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For $250,000, join the 700-odd folks with deposits to one day go to space on this brand name "Galactic"
Virgin
2000
The SAS for short, it's kind of the British Delta Force
The Special Air Service
2000
The Van de Graaff generator is a type of this just like the Large Hadron Collider
A particle accelerator
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18,399 feet down & probably pretty darn cold, the Molloy Deep is the deepest point in this ocean
The Arctic Ocean